Happy Hour with the Bio and Geo folks

My friend John told me about these emails he gets since he works for the geology department. The emails describe a happy hour event that takes place on campus every friday evening around 6:00pm. The beers are only $1.00 and they only drink non-domestic. It was truly my kind of place. I met a very nice girl named Chris who is working on her PhD in biology. She is studying storm plumes in coastal waters. She even offered some very nice advice: "NEVER NEVER NEVER go swimming in the ocean after a storm." It is as toxic as swimming in the sewer. I'll be back next week for more beer and hopefully more conversations with Chris.

Dodger Game

So my roommate Lindsay has a good friend named Larry who has season tickets to the Dodger games. His seats are awesome and he has been kind enough to take us to a couple of games this season. Thursday we went to the last home game of the season. Dodgers were playing ok but were losing going into the 7th. We left the game early to avoid the traffic. Thanks Larry for another great night at the ball park and for covering my parking at the field.

USC GAME- Go Trojans

Yesterday I drove over to my friend Carl's house to watch USC once again tromp their opponents. This was a close game with USC down 10-13 at halftime. They made an excellent come-back, or maybe they just started playing, and finished the game 45-13. After the game Carl grilled steaks and his wife Barb cooked potatoes. It was a nice evening with friends and we consumed some good wine....always a must with Carl.

Saturday Ride

So every Saturday my trainer Christopher and I ride around Santa Monica. This morning another friend Lisa joined us for the ride. We did two laps on San Vicente between Ocean and Bundy. We only rode for about an hour but it's always good to get out and on the bike. There was some 5k or 10k run going on that according to police is an annual event in it's fifth year. I drove up to Santa Monica for the ride and the pisser about this is when I load my bike into the Topaz I always screw up my speed sensor and candance sensor. So the first part of the ride is spent stopping every 100m to adjust the alignment on both trying to once again get them "dialed in". Anyhow after the ride we went to the Lazy Daisy for breakfast and enjoyed the "atomosphere".

Coffee: Costa Rica

Those that know me even in passing will come to realize that I have a strong affection for good coffee. Recently my friend Christopher went to Costa Rica to surf for five days. He was kind enough to bring me back some Costa Rican coffee. Now Christopher has moved up the friend chain and is close to overtaking Carl who brings me both coffee and wine (that was a joke people). Anyway, I brewed a carafe and sat back to enough a nice cup. This coffee was amazing. It has been a week since I've been excited about coffee, but this cup was tasty. I believe their website which as part of the description states "This coffee lingers on the palate and stays on the mind." How true!

Mozart

So tonight I went to a little concert in Bouvard Aud. on campus. It was a veyr nice evening and best of all it was free. The USC Thornton Chamber Orchestra played the following works:

• L’Italiana in Algeri Overture Rossini
• Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat, No. 10, K. 365 Mozart
• Symphony No. 9 Shostakovich

I spent some of the evening flirting with a violin player named Loren, she is a Kappa I think. Anyway she's very attractive and seemed to be responsive to my actions...maybe I'll goto the next performance Oct 20.

Bloggin' again

I have resurrected my blog. Actually I recently read through a friends blog and felt guilty I had not kept a better one of my life. I've had other friends tell me that my life story could fetch millions on the big screen. Think comedy staring a masochist who can find more stress in life than most.

Anyway here's to my life captured as I see fit.